THE KIDNEY. 



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Each afferent arteriole breaks up into a capillary plexus the tuft or 

 glomerulus. The glomerulus does not entirely fill the capsule, so 

 that a space remains between the spherical mass of capillaries and 



FIG. 87. DIAGRAM SHOWING THE ARRANGEMENT OF BLOOD-VESSELS IN THE KIDNEY. After 



Ludwig. 



the flattened cells lining the body. The glomeruli are enveloped with 

 a single layer of flattened epithelial cells. 



The blood escapes from the glomerulus by one or two efferent 



